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January
January 2024
Larry Donnelly: What to look for as Iowa and New Hampshire choose their nominees for president
Larry Donnelly
Graduate: Finding work after college is tough - I wish employers would give us a chance
College Graduate
Money Diaries: A project engineer on €58K living in Cork
TheJournal.ie reader
Peter Flanagan is on holidays: 'Hiking in Wales is like swimming in the Irish Sea'
Peter Flanagan
Surrealing in the Years: First week of the new year marked by "preventable trauma"
Carl Kinsella
Housing: If private investors are willing to put money in, why on earth would we say no?
Fiona Cormican
Analysis: What is the difference between real and perceived risk?
Dr Emma Howard
Larry Donnelly: Here's hoping this year's politics in the US and Ireland are better than 2023
Larry Donnelly
Financial analyst: Pensions, savings and insurance - what's in store this year?
Ralph Benson
Last year
2023
Money Diaries: A 25-year-old marketing assistant on €35K living in South Dublin
TheJournal.ie reader
Pádraic Fogarty: Next year, we can't afford to be complacent about biodiversity
Pádraic Fogarty
Tom Clonan: A defeated Ukraine would be a military and political disaster for the EU and NATO
Tom Clonan
Surrealing in the Years: New retirement plan means 40 more years of this column
Carl Kinsella
Opinion: Housing has always been a crisis for disabled people with thousands without a home
Jacqui Browne
Remote working: 'It has the potential to end the commute, which is getting worse'
Joanne Mangan
Financial analyst: How to make your money go further in 2024
Mark Coan
Opinion: We are living in difficult times – but we must not give up hope
Karol Balfe
Life after heart attack: 'I was dead before I hit the ground - I was 52'
Paul Nolan
Extract: Coroners exposed corruption, social and moral failures in nineteenth century Ireland
Michelle McGoff-McCann
Analysis: Meet the students championing positive change around consent in Irish universities
Dr Caroline West
Larry Donnelly: 10 more movies to watch this Christmas
Larry Donnelly
Tom Clonan: Israel is fast losing international credibility and support over its crimes in Gaza
Tom Clonan
Therapist: The key to minding yourself this Christmas? Nurture your routine
Monica Jackman
Moshing, pushing and sweating: 'Being at the front of a Pogues gig was heaven for me'
Declan Bogue
Dog behaviourist: How to keep your dog calm and happy through the Christmas chaos
Suzi Walsh
Money Diaries: A 42-year-old public servant on €67K living in the Midlands
TheJournal.ie reader
One month on: 'We must listen to concerns around immigration if we are to stop the fear'
Adeniyi Olarewaju
Surrealing in the Year 2023: Ireland has had a weird year, and absolutely not in a good way
Carl Kinsella
Dr Catherine Conlon: Tips on ways to stay healthy this Christmas
Dr Catherine Conlon
Christmas toys: Children with additional needs can learn so much through play
Ruth Roberts
Christmas Fare: Head Chef Alen Pavlic from O'Neills on Pearse St shares some winter recipes
Alen Pavlic
Therapist: Christmas is a time for giving – but not from an empty cup
Linda Breathnach
Lynn Boylan: Ireland needs to go from the 'puppy farm capital' of Europe to the gold standard
Lynn Boylan
Northern Ireland: 'Stormont is now a mere soap opera on a hill over Belfast'
Brian Rowan
Stephen's Green Shopping Centre is an oddity - but why ruin what gives it character?
Aoife Barry
Opinion: We can't roll our eyes at oil states at COP while missing our own climate targets
Sadhbh O' Neill
Money Diaries: A 27-year-old financial advisor on €85K living in Leinster
TheJournal.ie reader
Extract: Barristers have held positions of influence since the foundation of the Irish State
Niamh Howlin
Surrealing in the Years: Tornado in Leitrim steals the show during a season of extreme weather
Carl Kinsella
Therapist: What's the difference between Winter Blues and Seasonal Affective Disorder?
Susi Lodola